Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav believes there’s “a lot of big [male] energy” among potential bidders for his media empire – enough that he still believes he can sell it for as much as $70 billion, or around $30 a share, On The Money has learned.

We are, of course, a family newspaper, hence the parenthetical on the quote. Plus this could be just wishful thinking. Keep in mind, any number with a “3” in front of it would be a stiff premium to the $23.50 a share offer by Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison . Paramount, meanwhile, is worth just $56 billion, or around $23 a share.

But Zas, as he is known in media circles, is boasting of the interest he’s getting for WBD, with its top ranked studio, No. 3 streaming service, HBO and CNN, not to mention the IP that a buyer would own o

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